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Both words are surprisingly recent coinages. COHA does return three more hits from 1837, 1928, and 1966, but they all look like typos or OCR failures to me. Etymonline confirms: "1932, from price + -y". Pricey has always been more popular than pricy. Pricey is getting even more popular, while pricy fades in comparison.

2011年2月9日 · the price for which something is sold on the retail market, especially in relation to a range of competitive prices. For example, "our shampoo is a bargain at this price point" and "I don't think I can make this deal at this price point" both emphasize the choice that the potential seller is making among other realistically potential prices.

• The price is including free-flow water. • The price includes free-flow water. • This book includes a free CD. • This book is including a free CD. Edit 1: As Barrie noted, including is not a preposition. Typically it serves as a present participle. See the following extract from OED1 (1901) for some examples of use. Including ppl. a. [f.

Why all the overcomplication? The difference is that, in English, $20 is the correct way to use the dollar sign, while 20$ is an incorrect way to use the dollar sign.

2014年7月28日 · The preposition "OF" is used here to indicate that the price belongs to/is used in relation with prices of spare parts. Now, the definition of "FOR" as a preposition- For. Used to indicate the use of something: Some examples of "for" as a preposition-This place is for exhibitions and shows. I baked a cake for your birthday.

2012年11月15日 · People prefer to avoid the "%" increase for anything more than a few percent, due to confusion it creates: lots of readers fail to realize the distinction between "increase by" and "increase to", and even these who do, make a double take to spot which one was used, especially with values exceeding 100 by not much.

Price is an attribute of the item being priced. Rather it is the item itself that is cheaper. However, it is perfectly clear that the price attribute can be lower. Nonetheless. your observation is also correct: "cheaper price", "cheaper rate" etc. are common usage, and it sounds perfectly fine to my native speaker's ear.

The SSL certicate can be renewed for as little as one year and for a price as low as $7.9500. RENEW TODAY! I understood it the way that this means the price is $ 7.95 for one year. But later it came out that the prices are starting from $ 7.95, which is the price for a 5-year subscription. The 1-year subscription price actually is $ 9.00.

2015年6月10日 · Your correspondent's decision not to send a quote/ quotation may reflect volatility in the price of fuel, or other complications in the travel arrangements. A British business advice site observes: A quotation is a fixed price offer that can't be changed once accepted by the customer. This holds true even if you have to carry out much more work ...